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Trees

Massive tree limb comes down with a thud

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Monday, September 12, was the day a tree that was threatening to “do something” for years, made a dramatic statement. Neighbors flocked to the site on the Greenway at the upward slope to Bosworth Street, adjacent to Brompton Avenue, where at around 3:35 pm, a large tree limb broke away from its trunk and fell […]

Trees put Glen Park in top 5 neighborhoods in SF

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A new study of “tree canopy cover” ranks Glen Park fifth out of all San Francisco neighborhoods, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. It’s a metric developed by a data company, EarthDefine, which measures the percentage of total land area covered by trees. Overall, with 669,000 trees, San Francisco has very little tree cover, at […]

Fire along San Jose Avenue

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At around 10:00 a.m. this morning, a tree was in flames on the east side of San Jose Avenue going north. It was near the J-Church streetcar line stop for Glen Park. SFFD responded with multiple fire engines, trucks and an ambulance. By 11:30, the fire was extinguished, and crews were mopping up among the […]

New (Old) Park at Fairmo(u)nt

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The scraggly yellowed bluff where Everson Street dead ends will soon become a scenic overlook with tree-framed views of the San Francisco Bay, thanks to an anonymous donation of almost $100,000* to the Recreation and Parks Department to restore the small neighborhood open space. “We anticipate completing the work this winter,” said Nathan Tinclair, deputy […]

San Francisco and Glen Park under the microscope

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  Recently, a spate of findings and ratings has been released by the San Francisco Controller’s Office and the Trust for Public Land, measuring the performance of city departments and quality of life issues. SF Controller’s Office 2019 City Survey Report  This month, the Controller’s Office came out with its biennial (2019) City Survey Report […]

Glen Park Association spring meeting wrap-up

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The quarterly meeting took place in the Recreation Center on April 25. Update on crime and other matters in Glen Park Captain Hart had just come from a fire safety meeting in Diamond Heights and had some helpful information to share. There are two separate access points to Glen Canyon Park.  The official address is […]

Hazardous tree removed

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The growling of a chainsaw and the grinding of a woodchipper reverberated through downtown Glen Park today.  The Bureau of Urban Forestry of SF Public Works was removing the ficus tree in front of Critter Fritters at 670 Chenery Street.   Through the racket, arborist Joseph Heulfenhaus shouted that the reason for the measure is […]

Using artificial intelligence to map every tree in SF

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(Note: Glen Parkers have a keen interest in the state of greening in Glen Park and the City. The following is a reprint from Curbed San Francisco) Machine learning might be able to tally trees that human labor simply can’t By Adam Brinklow Lands End.Photo by M. Ali Khan In 2017 the San Francisco Planning Department […]

Tree trimming trials and tribulations

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(Editor’s note: The SF Chronicle has hit the stands with another story that’s close to the hearts of Glen Parkers — the last one being about BART parking lots. We’re now linking you to this story, even though, well, it’s the Chron and is widely available for all to read…but now you can also read […]